A new UN report on Syrian children indicated that 910 children were killed and 361 others injured last year, blaming the Assad regime and its allies for most of the crimes and violations against children in Syria. An annual UN report noted an increase in the number of children affected by the fighting in their countries. The UN said it had documented more than 21,000 violations of children's rights around…

At least 45,000 people have fled their homes in Dara’a province, heading towards the border with Jordan to escape the escalating onslaught by the Assad regime and its allies in the region, the United Nations said on Tuesday. In a press conference held in New York, Deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said that the UN is “deeply concerned” about the safety of an estimated 750,000 people in southern Syria amid an…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley called for an immediate end to the current military escalation in southern Syria. They also called for respect for obligations under international law and international humanitarian law, including the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure. In a statement on Friday, the UN chief said he was “gravely concerned by the recent military escalation, including ground offensives and…

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said that the seven-year long war in Syria has forced 2.1 million children out of school, one day after it said that nine children were killed in an attack on the town of Zardana in rural Idlib on June 7.In a press release issued on Monday, the UN’s child agency said that children in Syria risk getting stopped and questioned at checkpoints on their…

The United nations said that the Assad regime prevented UN aid workers to accompany an aid convoy that reached Douma in eastern Ghouta outside Damascus on Sunday, saying that direct access was vital. The town is still home to tens of thousands of civilians who suffer dire living conditions and lack of essential of services. Douma was the target of a ferocious bombing campaign by the Assad regime and Russia…